Spelling/ Vocab Development in Japanese

1. Environment

1.1. Word wall

1.2. Signs around the room

1.3. Phrase of the week

1.4. Word of the day

2. Routines

2.1. Using Hiragana cards

2.2. Students come up with words that include those letters

2.3. Games

2.3.1. Race to find cards to spell those words

2.3.2. How can that letter make other words

3. Explicit Teaching

3.1. IWB - to introduce vocab

3.2. See it in a sentence - Q and A

3.3. Kids sound words out and ask otherstudents

4. Assessment

4.1. Ladder game